Justin Haas and Alyse Mosell have been best friends since they were ten years old, and more than a decade later not much has changed. After a bitter break up with her fiancé, Alyse moves in with Justin to mend her life and her broken heart. But, one night of drinking and harmless flirting soon morphs into a passion that’s been simmering under the surface for years. One of them is willing to take a chance on romance; the other is trying to take their heart and run. And it will take nothing short of a Christmas miracle to keep their friendship – and what could be love – from falling apart around them.

Excerpt . . .

He paused, taking in the sight of her for a moment. The cigarette was odd because she quit the year before, just before she stopped hanging out with him as much in favor of spending time with her ex. But what really had his attention was her outfit.Her profile was facing him as she watched passersby on the sidewalk, many of whom were staring at the great expanse of beautiful, rich brown skin encased in the sexy Santa Claus get up she’d been forced to wear tonight. She wore a tight, scarlet strapless dress, the material soft and velvety, and the short, fur-trimmed cape tied at her neck served as little more than flimsy decoration. A thick black belt that looked more like a corset encased her tiny waist. The belt followed the flare of her full hips where a flouncy red skirt, made all that much shorter because of the lacy petticoats underneath, completed her barely-there look. Her short, toned legs were encased in fur trimmed black boots, one bent with the spiked heel digging against the railing while the other supported her weight. On her head was a fur-trimmed cap, keeping her angled black bob close to her face and shielding her cat eyes from his view. She must have been freezing, but her jacket was draped over the railing, and the horny guy in him was okay with that. Less fabric covering up the enticing view.

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About the Author . . .

Kaia Bennett is a native of New Jersey, a college graduate and U.S. Army veteran who loves music, movies, astrology, tattoos, martial arts, animals and, of course, the written word. She heard the siren call of the writer as a teenage girl, but took her sweet time answering it until she had lived and loved enough to share her work with the masses.

She is an erotic author who loves to write stories with diversity, depth, realism and viscerally hot encounters that flirt shamelessly with the taboo. A lover of all genres and a voracious reader, she aims to write stories that are transformative for her characters and readers alike.Website | Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads